Bonnieville Welcome Sign projects begin...

Welcome signs and historic banners will soon be placed around our town. The Bonnieville Image Committee secured a grant to help spruce up around town. The placement of 3 new Welcome signs was completed this week. The larger directional signs with local information for travelers will be placed by the interstate exchange soon ! The Large stone and brick Welcome signs at the North and South ends of 31w will be constructed later this month, the footers will be poured in a few days.

The Welcome signs placed this week were constructed by "Kenny Signs & Graphics" out of Horse Cave, Ky. The front say "Welcome to Bonnieville Kentucky established 1849" the rear of the signs say "Drive Safely".

The Father & son crew from Kenny Signs arrive with the signs and are ready to get to work !

The first sign is placed in Bonnieville, near Mt Vernon Rd.

The second sign placed on 728, driving towards Bonnieville from I-65 exit 71

all that is left to do is to paint the poles black...

The final sign for today, placed on 728 right by the railroad tracks

As soon as the last sign was placed, rain started to fall. All that is left to complete the first phase of signs is to paint the poles black, the Kenny sign crew will be back tomorrow to paint.

The completed Welcome Sign on Campground Road in Old Bonnieville

Whitman Cemetery on Frenchman's Knob - Bonnieville KY

Whitman Cemetery on Frenchman's Knob

Whitman Cemetery:
located off 728, on Frenchman's knob across from Locust grove road. Small very well kept cemetery. Several stones are in disrepair from age and are weather worn. There are several graves marked only with field stones, one at the head - one at the foot. Along with visiting the graveyard and taking photos, I researched the cemetery at the library and found the given name of the cemetery and additional names of those buried. The reference book “Cemeteries of Hart County Northeast / Northwest Sections" lists all who are buried here. I had often wondered how 'old' cemeteries acquired their names. I supposed the namesake had donated the land, in some cases, there are only 1 or 2 headstones with the cemetery's surname buried there. I believe many of the cemeteries derive their names from the surname of oldest found gravesite. The graves with the Whitman surname are the oldest at this location. If you would like a larger photo of any of the tombstones for your family record, please contact me and I will be happy to share by emailing you a larger version. I am going back to finish photographing the other headstones later in the month.

Vol WALTERS
1908-1963
(tin marker)

Mother
Evelyn E CRAIN
1913-1945












Nellie WALTERS
Wife of
M.W. COBBLE
Born Dec 5, 1893
Died Jan 1, 1922
















Frank T WALTERS
Oct 7, 1901
Sept 6, 1919

















James C WALTERS
KY PFC SVC CP 150 Inf. WWII
Feb 25,1922 Feb 24, 1962















Fannie DURHAM WALTERS
Feb 12, 1872
James Felix WALTERS
July 17, 1868 Aug 25, 1946















Chester H DAVIS
Son of D.J. and MARY DAVIS
1916-1918

photo or info coming soon



Raymond DAVIS
1906 - 1918

















Purl Marriott
Nov 15, 1879
Nov 5, 1903

















Hiram WHITMAN
Sept 16 1807
Nov 19, 1893
Susan S
Wife of H WHITMAN
born
Oct 2, 1814
died
Jan 25, 1901



















E.S. MARRIOTT
May 11, 1853
May 21, 1893

















Lucy E MARRIOTT
Daughter of
E.S. and M.E. MARRIOTT
April 1, 1892 April 2, 1892
photo or more info coming soon


Elizabeth REYNOLDS
Aug 15, 1924
Nov 28, 1924











James Wilburn REYNOLDS
Nov 16,1942 June 15, 1952
Our son
















James B REYNOLDS
1902 - 1995
Valeria M REYNOLDS
1903-1977












Thomas J DURHAM
Sept 12, 1840 Feb 9, 1912
Sarah L
His wife
April 30, 1848 Dec 22, 1911






DB WHITMAN
born Jan 12, 1872 died Sept 17, 1898



















Alice BOLTON
July 28, 1875 Dec 26, 1909
















Martha
daughter of T.J. and S.L. DURHAM
Sept 12, 1880 May 15, 1906



















Thelma
daughter of G.W. and N.E. DURHAM
Feb 1, 1907
Feb 8, 1907
















L.J. WHITMAN
Nov 19, 1840
Jan 21, 1939
W.A. WHITMAN
Sept 18, 1833
Dec 13, 1905














two / or more toppled stones






















John (stone broken and unreadable)

Susan
Daughter of W.A. and L.J. WHITMAN
(stone broken and unreadable)




two graves marked by fieldstone only:


























photos by Linda Watts: August 2010.